Monday, 1 March 2010

30th Genie Award Nominations

It's the 30th anniversary of the Genies this year! How exciting for Canadian Film! Today the nominations were announced and I'm thrilled to see that Pontypool is up for three awards: Director (Bruce McDonald), Lead Actor (Stephen McHattie) and Adapted Screenplay (Tony Burgess). The heavy hitting nominee this year is Polytechnique which leads with 11 nominations. Wow. Shorts were also well represented this year, including nominations for the beautiful and haunting Danse Macabre in the live action category as well as animated delights of Runaway, The Spine and Vive la rose. The nominees always remind me that there is so much Canadian film I miss if it isn't released in Toronto, this year that looks like the titles I'll have to find are and De père en flic, 3 Saisons, Les grandes chaleurs, Babine, 5150, rue des OrmesGrande ourse: La clé des possibles. C'est la vie!

Winner's will be announced April 12, 2010 but until then let's have a look at this years nominees.

I'm personally surprised to see that J'ai tué ma mère (I Killed My Mother) didn't get any nominations for the Genie Awards of Best actor and actress in a leading role along with best cinematography. As for Pontypool, it sure deserved a nomination for best film. After all, who would have managed to make a film that builds its tension without showing the zombies for quite a while? Anyway, I expect the race for the Genie Award of best director to be really tight.